The Gettysburg Times du lieu suivant : Gettysburg, Pennsylvania • Page 9

MONDAY, OCTOBER 'THE Gettysburg Times 26, 1981 PAGE NINE Dodgers continue comeback AIRBORN E--Dodger pitcher Jerry Renss leaps into the air after he pitched Us Angeles to a 2-1 victory over New York in the fifth game of the World Series Sunday. AP Laser- photo) By JOHN NELSON AP Spirts Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager hit consecutive home runs off Ron Guidry in the seventh inning, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees Sunday and a 3-2 lead in the World Series. The Dodger Stadium 56.115 erupted in thunderous plause and cheers as the gers continued on a com; trail that began in the National League West Division series against Houston. The saga of the underdog Dodgers continues Tuesday in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium, where the Series began. It was also the stadium where the Yankees built a 2-0 lead over Los Angeles.

The Dodgers, however, have won three in a row in Dodger Stadium, forcing the Yankees to accomplish an unprecedented feat if they expect to win their 23rd World Series. No team has ever won the World Series by winning all four games at home. Jerry Reuss, the Dodgers starter and loser in Game 1, held the Yankees to five hits in Game 5, although he was not overpowering. It was Guidry who looked the stronger of the two until the seventh inning. Guidry had struck out nine, including Dusty Baker to start the seventh.

As the crowd sat in silence, patiently awaiting the awakening of their Dodgers as had happened so frequently before, it came on the second pitch to Guerrero. The Dodger right fielder was 3-for-15 before the seventh inning of Sunday's game But he slammed an (M pitch from Guidry deep into the left-centerfield bleachers, tying the game. Guidry then worked the count on Yeager to 1-2 before the Dodger catcher launched the ball into the stands at nearly the same spot where Guerrero's wound up The homers, the ninth hit consecutively in World Series history, gave the Dodgers their third straight victory. Los Angeles will send Burt Hooton, the leser in Game 2. against Tommy John, the winner of the second game.

when the Series returns to New York The only run off Reuss. 10-4 during the regular season with a 2.29 ERA, came in the second. Reggie Jackson doubled on the first pitch of the inning, and Bob Watson was safe when second baseman Davey Lopes dropped his grounder for an error. Jackson went to third on the play and scored moments later, when Lou Piniella singled into left-field, driving a grounder between third baseman Ron Cey and shortstop Bill Russell Lopes tied two World Series records in the fourth inning when he committed two errors on one play and his second and third miscues of the game. The errors tied a record for the most in any game by a player of any position.

The two errors on one play also tied a Series record for second baseman, committed in 1905 by Dan Murphy of the Philadelphia Athletics and tied in 1973 by Mike Andrews of the Oakland A's. The inning was probably New York's staunches! threat against Reuss after the second Reuss walked Watson on four pitches to start the fourth and Piniella then hit a bouncer to Lopes' left The second baseman hobbled the ball twice, then dropped it for one error. When he retrieved it. he threw the ball past first for another error as Watson wound up on third and Piniella went to second. Lopes pulled the mitt from his hand and motioned as if to throw it into the dirt However, Reuss began to wriggle from the jam when Rick Cerone grounded to short and neither runner was able to advance.

Reuss then walked Aurelio Rodriguez intentionally, bringing Guidry to the plate with one out and the bases loaded. Guidry laid down a bunt that headed straight for Reuss. and the pitcher's throw easily forced Watson at home Willie Randolph hit a hard grounder to Steve Garvey at first, and Garvey took the play himself, ending the inning In the final five innings, Reuss faced only one over the minimum number of hitters pave Wmfield got his first hit in 17 trips to the plate during the Series with one out in the fifth Wmfield. playing in his first World Series, asked that the ball be removed from play so he could keep it as a souvenir, then tossed it into the Yankee dugout The rangy outfielder was cut down in the double play that ended the threat, and Reuss then retired the side in order in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings before the Yankees got one last shot in the ninth After Watson had grounded to shortstop. Piniella singled up the mid- dle Bobby Brown came in to run for him, but stood and watched as Cerone flied to center field and Rodriguez struck out to end the game.

The victory was marred for the Dodgers, however, when Cey was beaned by a pitch from reliever Rich Gossage in the eighth inning. Gossage had thrown one strike to the Dodger infielder, when his next pitch, a 94 mph fastball, hit Cey in the helmet Cey dropped to the ground like a fallen tree and lay there for several moments before he was helped from the field Cey did not appear to be seriously injured. In the top of the ninth, Reuss showed the grit and determination that has marked the amazing comeback of the Dodgers. They were down 2-0 to Houston in the West Division series and they trailed Montreal 2-1 in the NL Championship Series. Each time there was a hero.

Reuss finished off the Astros with a 4-0 victory and a five-hitter to beat Nolan Ryan. Rick Monday polished off the Expos with a home run. and again it was Reuss who took the laurels in Game 5 of the Dodgers' road back in this 78th World Series. Gettysburg finally ends slump By PHIL GLATFELTER Times Sports Writer Nobody who saw Gettysburg High School's last four games probably recognized the Warriors Saturday. But it was the same Warrior team that in the last four games had scored a total of 19 points which exploded for a 42-8 pasting of Biglerville Saturday at Warrior Field.

Anything can happen, and usually does, when these two meet, but most people figured it to be a tight contest But the Warriors simply went out and "decided to play ball." according to Coach Bryant Meckley. The main difficulty previously fcr Gettysburg had been getting the ball into the end zone. It had little difficulty on Saturday. -We didn't really try a lot of new plays," said Meckley. "But once we got that first score or two.

everything seemed to work." All the little things, such as and fumbles, which the Warriors before simply didn't come into play in this game. The Warriors continued to have an adequate offense but put the ball in the'end zone when before they failed. And when they got a Biglerville mistake, they capitalized. Gettysburg rolled up 302 yards. 249 rushing, and accumulated 23 first downs.

Biglerville. on the other hand, only had 97 yards, though they had two pretty impressive drives, one to open the game and the other on which they scored. But the turnovers were costly. Biglerville-took the opening kickoff and began to march down the field. The 14-play drive ate up five minutes on the clock and chewed up 36 yards until Bob Tomassini intercepted a Tracy Black pass at his own 20 and returned 27" yards to the 47.

Two running plays netted 18 yards for Gettysburg until Dick Newman coughed up the ball. Things didn't look any different for Gettysburg up to that point. But after that, it was a new football team. After a pass interference penalty on the next play gave the Canners a first and 10 at their own 47, three plays and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty moved the ball back to the Canner 22. Jim Rosenberry punted 25 yards to the 47 and the Warriors started in Canner territory Eleven plays and 47 yards later, the Warriors were in the end zone on a Newman 4-yard run with 11:27 on the clock in the second quarter.

The drive was aided by a Canner pass interference penalty at the 16-yard line. The Warriors went for two points off a fake kick but the pass was incomplete. Biglerville got the kickoff and started from the 27. Three plays netted a minus- 10 yards and the Canners punted. The partiality blocked punt traveled 17 yards and the Warriors were again in good field position at the 34.

Three runs by Newman netted 23 yards to the 11. where Scott Hill took it in on a nice cutback run. The extra point kick was blocked by Tim Grubbs. Gettysburg stopped the Canners again and Rosen- punted. Joe Hill took the punt at the SO and returned it 21 yards to the 29.

giving the Warriors their third straight possession in Canner territory. This drive, however, ended on downs at the 28. But on the first play for Biglerville. Black's pitch to Brian May went astray and Sheldon Smith recovered at the 14 for Gettysburg. Four running plays by Newman put the Warriors into the end zone again.

Tomassini hit Newman for two. making the score 20-0 with 3:00 left in the half. After a first down. Gettysburg again held Biglerville 'and the Canners punted, with Gettysburg taking over at their own 26. The Warriors went on their most impressive drive of the game, maybe of the year, as they scored again, going 74 yards in eight plays in under two minutes.

Todd Williams hit Scott Hill for a 5-yard TD pass cap the drive which by a nifty 21-yard run by Newman and three consecutive completions by Williams off the shotgun good for 37 yards Williams hit Joe Hill for the two points Gettysburg went into-the locker room with a comfortable 28-0 lead. The second quarter was by far their best quarter of the year The Warriors came right back again as they took the opening kickoff of the second half and drove 58 yards in seven plays for another score. Newman had three carries for 20 yards and Scott Hill had 17 yards in two carries to highlight the drive which culminated in Dave Hunt's 9-yard scoring run. Mike Bennett came in to kick the placement for a 35-0 lead. The Warriors got their final score on the next series as Black was sacked by John Green at the Canner 18 and fumbled on the play.

The ball rolled into the end zone where Matt Sherman fell on it for the score. Bennett again con- verted to make it 42-0. Neither team could sustain a drive the rest of the quarter. But midway through the final period, the Canners began a drive at their own 30. Sophomore tailback Cris King took the ball 30 yards on a fine run.

showing some excellent moves. Ten plays later King went over from a yard out to put the Canners on the board. King accounted for 52 yards on the drive which was also aided by two Gettysburg penalties. Black converted for two points, breaking several tackles before finding Darryl Davis in the end zone. Gettysburg's second- string unit ended the game as they drove to the Canner 15 before time ran out.

Meckley said he knew once his team "got it together" the team they were playing at the time would certainly know it. "We didn't have any breakdowns." he said. "Everyone worked together. We knew Biglerville was tough: they fought tooth and nail. "Our record doesn't indicate the quality of this team.

We hope to give some teams trouble down the stretch. We know we can play football." Meckley singled out the offensive line as having a fine game, as well as Newman. Scott Hill and Hunt. He was happy with the performance of the younger players on offense but hoped his team would be able to prevent Biglerville from scoring. Matt Sherman and John Green had good games on defense, especially Green, who seemed to get to the quarterback before the ball did on several occasions.

Meckley also noted his linebacker play. And his secondary made some crunching hits on several Canner receivers. Quarterback Williams also played better, possibly spurred on by his benching earlier in the season. Basically, though, it was a whole team effort--everyone played better. "I think we're going to stick together after all the adversity." Meckley said.

"We're still the defending BML Champs and we want to play like champs I think we'll make up for some of our earlier performances." NOTES The Canners showed some decent offense at times, picking up 13 first downs along the a had an excellent day as he made four, or five superb runs, breaking several tackles and showing good balance. He totaled 88 ards on 15 ill had 71 yards on 13 carries. Hunt 54 yards on just eight carries and Ray Rostad. a sophomore, had 25 on four King, showing promise for the future, ran for 64 yards on 10 carries. He's just a sophomore.

Biglerville 0 0 0 Gettysburg 0 Z8 14 0-42 G--Newman 4 run i pass failed I G--Scott Hill 11 run (Kick blocked) G--Newman 2 run (Tomassini pass to Newman) G--Scott Hill 5 from Williams (Tomassini pass to Joe Hill) G--Hunt 9 run (Bennett kick) G--Sherman fumble recovery i Bennett kick i B--King I run (Black pass to Darryl Davis i TOUCHDOWN--Gettysburg's Scott Hill scores the Warrior's final touchdown of the first half on a 5-yard pass from Todd Williams. The TD made the score 2M. Attempting to stop Hill is Phil Hartzell. Biglerville's Dave Mentzer and Gettysburg's John Martin look on. (Times Photo By Ross Ramer) First downs Rushes-yards Paving yards Passes Total yards Pants FumMes-lost Penalties-yards Big Grt 13 23 35-45 47-249 52 53 5-18-3 544 97 302 5-276 54 3-2 7-80 M6 QUARTERBACK KEEPER Biglerville quarterback Tracy Black I III is tackled by Joe Hill (351 after picking up 14 yards OB quarterback keeper.

Gettysburg's Dick Nrwmu (42) looks to assist on the play (Times Pboto By Ross Ramer) Bullets make good effort but lose By JIM LOOSE TtaesSptrtsEdUar It would seem Gettysburg College should earn something for its effort against Lafayette Saturday. Unfortunately for the Bullets, all they win get is a loss. Gettysburg, coming off an upset defeat against Swarthmore last week, jumped out to a 144 lead against the Leopards at Musselman Stadium The Buffets held the lead until near the end of the third quarter. when began to wear them down en route to a 9-14 victory. just a darn shame we couldn't win it," Gettysbura coach Barry Streeter Mid after the game.

"We had them on the ropes and we just couldn't quite put it away. It's frustrating to almost get Indeed the BuDeU did give the Leopards, a highly regarded T-AA school, more battteiMthey probably expected. Get tyburg turned two interceptions in the first half into touchdowns for the 144 lead The Bullets' defense did a good job of stopping Lafayette in the first nan and through part of the second But when the Bullets had trouble moving the ball on offense in the second half, the defense kept spending more and more time on the field and consequently got worn down by the bigger Leopards. Rodger Shepko. who went into the game as the second leading rusher in the ECAC.

ripped through the Bullet defense for yards in the game, with 119 of them com tag in the second half It was his backfteM mate, fullback Craig Williams, who provided the crushing blows to the Bullets, however Williams rushed for yards and picked up all four of the Leopards' TO Before Shepko and Wil liams started gaming nice chunks of yardage, the game belonged to Gettysburg Lafayette got the opening kickoff of the gam" but on the second play cornerback Tony Pierce intercepted a pass from quarterback Frank Novak to give the Bullets the ball at the Ix-opards" 31 The Bullets took nine plays to score a touchdown, with fullback Scott Dudak driving over from the I for the score The Bullets got some help in the dnve when Lafayatte was called for pass interference on a throw from Brett Gipe to Scott Stanley That set the ball up at the for Dudak's run However, the play also was costly as Stanley, the team's top receiver, suffered a compound fracture of the middle finger on the play and was forced out of thegame The fued-up Bullets started another dnve near the end of the quarter with Stanley's replacement. Steve Rand, providing much of the offeme for Gettysburg Rand caught a 10-yard pass from Gipe to take the ball to the Lafayette 38. then followed with a 22-yard run around right end on the last pla of the quarter Three plays later Rand made a diving catch to move the ball to the 2 Dudak took it to the 1. but the Bullets wore then thrown for a 2-yard loss An incomplete pass brought up fourth down and brought in Mike Ercole. who attempted a 24-yard field coal which was wide to the left Gettysburg, exhibiting a lot of enthusiasm throughout the entire game, continued to dominate early in the second quarter On the Leopards fourth play after the field goal attempt Gettsburg cor nerback tarry Vignali inter cepted another Novak aerial to give the Bullets the ball on the Lafayette 45 It took 10 plays for the Bui lets to reach the end zone.

with Scott Lando scoring wi a 14-yard pass from Gipe The Bullets' quarterback rom pleted another pass for 14 vards durinc the drive to Dudak 1 -afayette fmall pot a tamed dnve going on its next possession and scored its first touchdown Novak who hadn't been able to complete a pass until that point finalh found his targets He hit Shepko for a 13-yard gainer to start the drive then fol lowed by rifling a pass to Frank Corbo for 12 yards Novak who injured his shoulder during last week's ioss to Colgate continued to be effective as he completed three more pasjtes during the dnv? Williams earned on the lal three plays, finally taking the bail across the coal line with left in the half Gettysburg appeared to get a break early in the sec- nod half when Lafayette was forced to punt from its own 20 The snap to Bob Sharr was high and he couldn't get the punt off However. Sharr Page Ni.